Blog: Nanotechnology

What is 'Metallic Wood?' Nickel, Plus Nano-Pores

By adding nanopores to nickel, James Pikul and his team created a kind of "metallic wood."

INSIDER: Mechanical & Fluid Systems

Ultraviolet Light Controls Fluid Flow

A simple, inexpensive method uses ultraviolet light to control particle motion and assembly within liquids. The method encourages particles to gather and organize at a specific location within a...

INSIDER: Manufacturing & Prototyping

3D-Printed Soft Mesh Robots Move on Water

North Carolina State created 3D-printed flexible mesh structures that can be controlled with applied magnetic fields while floating on water. The structures can grab small objects and carry water...

Blog: Manufacturing & Prototyping

Answering Your Questions: How to Sell Top Management on Failure Analysis, FMEA

A Failure Analysis may help find problems during product development, but what role should top management play in an FMEA?

Blog: Mechanical & Fluid Systems

Embodied Logic: Researchers Build Artificial Venus Flytrap

Professor Jordan Raney spoke with Tech Briefs about what’s possible when you can embody 3D-printed objects with logic.

INSIDER: Materials

NASA Investigates Ultrafast Laser Machining for Spaceflight Applications

An ultrafast laser that fires pulses of light just 100 millionths of a nanosecond in duration could potentially revolutionize the way NASA technicians manufacture...

INSIDER: Photonics/Optics

New Algorithm Can More Quickly Predict LED Materials

Researchers from the University of Houston have devised a new machine learning algorithm that is efficient enough to run on a personal computer and predict the properties of more than...

INSIDER: Photonics/Optics

New Products: January 2019 Photonics & Imaging Insider

GigE Vision Interface

Pleora Technologies (Ottawa, Canada) introduced the imaging market’s first external frame grabber that converts Sony FCB-EV7520A block cameras into GigE...

INSIDER: Sensors/Data Acquisition

Detecting Light in a Different Dimension

Scientists from the Center for Functional Nanomaterials (CFN) — a U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Science User Facility at Brookhaven National Laboratory — have dramatically improved...

Podcasts: Transportation

Here's an Idea: Car Hacking

Today's cars are more connected than ever before — and manufacturers need to ensure those connections are secure.

Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition

More from CES 2019: Attack Surfaces Expand as Cars Increasingly Connect

David Barzilai from Karamba Security tells Tech Briefs what threats to the connected car concern him the most.

Blog: Test & Measurement

CES 2019 Digital Health Trends: Three 'Invisible' Technologies that Monitor the Heart

From CES 2019: Tech Briefs looks at three standout health-monitoring products.

Blog: Software

CES 2019: Artificial Intelligence Forecasts Famine

From CES 2019: For famine relief, the World Bank is turning to artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning.

Blog: Sensors/Data Acquisition

‘Levitation’ Leads to More Durable MEMS Switches

Professor Sherry Towfighian spoke with Tech Briefs about how a new MEMS design will improve our cell phones and power lines.

Articles: Electronics & Computers

Optimizing Industrial Embedded Imaging Development

Machine vision systems have traditionally consisted of stand-alone cameras tethered to PC-based boards or frame grabbers using highspeed interfaces such as Camera Link, CoaXPress and...

Briefs: Medical

Imaging System Makes Back Surgery Safer, Faster, Less Expensive

Researchers at Dartmouth have found a way to make back surgery safer, faster, and more cost effective. MRIs and CT scans can help surgeons identify spine problems such as...

Application Briefs: Photonics/Optics

Clear Vision for UAVs

The rapidly expanding world-wide use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) — drones — is driving a growing market for specialized imaging technology. According to Chris Yiu, General Manager, High Performance BU at...

Products: Test & Measurement

New Products: January 2019 Photonics & Imaging Technology

VGA Sensor

Now available from FRAMOS (Ottawa, Canada), the Sony IMX426 Pregius™ 3rd generation Global Shutter CMOS image sensor provides 9μm pixel size and reaches VGA...

Articles: Medical

SPIE Photonics West 2019 Preview

The SPIE Photonics West 2019 technical conference and exhibition returns to The Moscone Center in San Francisco, February 2 through February 7, offering attendees the opportunity to explore the latest...

Briefs: Test & Measurement

Decoding Multiple Frames From a Single Scattered Exposure

Engineers at Duke University have developed a way to extract a sequence of images from light scattered through a mostly opaque material — or even off a wall — from one long...

Briefs: Photonics/Optics

New X-Ray Scanning Method Reveals How Particles Move in Solution

A new method of X-ray scanning will allow for the visualization of many more biological molecules, providing critical information about what is inside molecules to scientists...

Articles: Photonics/Optics

Ultrafast Laser Micromachining

Ultrashort pulse (USP) lasers for precision micromachining can minimize or avoid undesirable thermal effects that limit feature resolution, edge quality and, ultimately, product functionality. This is...